I don't care if it has a story or not (though I am sure it will). I've been excited about this movie ever since it was announced James Cameron was behind it. This will be state-of-the-art movie making and visually amazing. That in itself will be worth the price of admission. I hope to see it at IMAX. Great trailer!

tereseus1 saidi was lucky to get a free ticket to a preview screener....it was...olost for words..def gonna see it as im a huge fan of the cartoon.

I'm afraid you're a bit mixed up. This is not the film adaptation of the cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender". That film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and re-titled "The Last Airbender" to avoid confusion, is coming out next year (I believe).

This film, "Avatar", is an original creation by James Cameron, director of "Terminator" I and II, "Aliens", "The Abyss", the not-so-great "True Lies", and the aforementioned "Titanic".

There's an online petition about the actors in this movie and how the directors departed from the Asian characters associated with the original artwork in the animation. There's actually a lot of angered fans out there, in addition to the lackluster directing ability as of late from M Knight Shyamalan.

tereseus1 saidi was lucky to get a free ticket to a preview screener....it was...olost for words..def gonna see it as im a huge fan of the cartoon.

I'm afraid you're a bit mixed up. This is not the film adaptation of the cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender". That film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and re-titled "The Last Airbender" to avoid confusion, is coming out next year (I believe).

This film, "Avatar", is an original creation by James Cameron, director of "Terminator" I and II, "Aliens", "The Abyss", the not-so-great "True Lies", and the aforementioned "Titanic".

LOL I too was confused awhile back... loved Avatar:the last airbender. I think there will still be some that will not get the difference until opening night

rotabilis saidOf course it will have a compelling story. It's JAMES CAMERON.

Yes, Titanic was hokey, but Cameron has never failed to deliver a compelling story.

(IMHO of course)

I have been looking forward to this film for years. Looks awesome.

Well said. Agreed that True Lies was crap, but with all of his other movies, a compelling story has never been a James Cameron issue. Hokey dialogue & overblown--now those are Cameron traits. I think this movie looks fantastic. Thanks Magnus & JayDub for posting the trailer. I hadn't seen it until today. Doubt it will be as good as Aliens, his best (shot on a measley 14mil budget), but still looks very exciting.

As a side note, the teaser for Avatar: The Last Airbender, looks pretty cool too. More of a toss-up because it's M. Night Shalaymalalallalaman, who hasn't had a great movie since Unbreakable, but who knows.

Yes but at IMAX and it should be noted that it was shot with 3D cameras to simulate what the eye sees in real life not the cartoony pop-out-of-screen stuff.

It is also in 16:9 ratio which means all the theatres who show it will have to get the right projectors.

16:9 is the most common aspect ratio for film which is one of the reasons that HDTV adopted it. Most every theater can adapt to the many different ratios of used in film throughout the world. Since many major films are now shot with the idea of Blu-ray and DVD as being the final consumer output after theatrical release, the movies are made to eventually work in that format.

As for the 3D aspect. All of that 'cartoony pop-out-of-screen stuff ' is shot with the cameras your talking about. Technically, since a large proportion of the movie is pure CGI, they could produce as much 'cartoony' stuff as they wanted. I suspect though that Cameron would be relatively judicious in the incorporation of those effects. He makes films that are technically incredible and I wouldn't imagine that this would be any different.

As for his story telling skills, they are of a specific style. There's always the sense in his storylines that about halfway through the movie, you start thinking your near the end, but then there is one false ending after another. While I didn't like Titanic all that much other than the backgrounds, I was impressed that he maintained that style even within a story that we already knew how it was going to end.

I have never heard of this avatar stuff until recently. A guy I work with who has been trying to become the next big action star landed a part in the movie. He talked it up like it is his big break, but I think he just plays a noname military guy.

The trailer looks interesting though, I'll have to read up on the story though!